DNS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Domain Name System (DNS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for DNS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DNS over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 153 164
Rank change year-on-year +23 +11 -25
Permanent jobs citing DNS 1,555 1,366 1,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.10% 2.35% 2.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.83% 12.71% 15.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,263 1,056 1,406
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +2.41%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £43,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.35% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

DNS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,823 10,747 11,378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.27% 18.50% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 7,114 4,631 6,565
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,680
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing DNS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for DNS in the UK excluding London

DNS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DNS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for DNS in the UK excluding London

DNS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DNS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DNS in the UK excluding London

DNS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DNS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -3 432 £42,500 +6.25% 79
North of England +16 343 £42,500 - 86
Midlands +72 308 £37,500 -1.32% 48
South West +7 191 £37,500 -6.25% 39
North West +6 181 £45,000 - 53
West Midlands +51 165 £39,750 +3.25% 29
East of England -10 150 £41,500 -2.35% 44
East Midlands +55 139 £37,500 +2.74% 19
Yorkshire +51 118 £32,500 -18.75% 27
Wales +32 60 £34,000 -7.06% 5
Scotland -47 60 £42,500 +21.43% 19
North East +6 50 £42,500 +9.97% 6
Northern Ireland +15 13 £32,500 -4.41% 4
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 -
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -
DNS
UK

DNS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 375 (24.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 243 (15.63%) SharePoint
3 94 (6.05%) IIS
4 40 (2.57%) WebLogic
5 33 (2.12%) CMS
6 27 (1.74%) WordPress
7 23 (1.48%) Exchange Server 2013
8 21 (1.35%) Exchange Server 2010
9 20 (1.29%) Exchange Server 2007
10 16 (1.03%) Confluence
10 16 (1.03%) Skype for Business
11 13 (0.84%) Apache
11 13 (0.84%) nginx
12 7 (0.45%) OpenStack
13 5 (0.32%) Umbraco
14 4 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2003
15 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
16 1 (0.064%) Apache Airflow
16 1 (0.064%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 203 (13.05%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.32%) Trello
6 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.13%) CATIA
8 2 (0.13%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 40 (2.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.26%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.19%) Epicor Tropos
5 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.064%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.064%) Sage 300 ERP
6 1 (0.064%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.064%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.064%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 862 (55.43%) Azure
2 784 (50.42%) Microsoft 365
3 295 (18.97%) Entra ID
4 293 (18.84%) AWS
5 98 (6.30%) OneDrive
6 76 (4.89%) IaaS
7 69 (4.44%) SaaS
8 52 (3.34%) Power Platform
9 44 (2.83%) PaaS
10 40 (2.57%) Amazon EKS
10 40 (2.57%) Amazon SQS
11 39 (2.51%) OpenShift
12 38 (2.44%) Mimecast
13 32 (2.06%) Nutanix
14 30 (1.93%) Azure Monitor
15 29 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
16 26 (1.67%) GitHub
17 21 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
17 21 (1.35%) GCP
17 21 (1.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 990 (63.67%) DHCP
2 618 (39.74%) Firewall
3 522 (33.57%) TCP/IP
4 298 (19.16%) VPN
5 287 (18.46%) WAN
6 247 (15.88%) LAN
7 194 (12.48%) VLAN
8 146 (9.39%) Wi-Fi
9 136 (8.75%) SAN
10 133 (8.55%) Wireless
11 121 (7.78%) SSL
12 84 (5.40%) HTTP
13 77 (4.95%) VoIP
14 72 (4.63%) Network Security
15 69 (4.44%) BGP
16 68 (4.37%) Internet
17 64 (4.12%) SD-WAN
18 39 (2.51%) iSCSI
19 37 (2.38%) DKIM
19 37 (2.38%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (8.94%) SQL Server
2 68 (4.37%) Amazon RDS
3 48 (3.09%) Oracle Database
4 44 (2.83%) Relational Database
5 40 (2.57%) RDBMS
6 27 (1.74%) MySQL
7 26 (1.67%) Power BI
8 14 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
9 12 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (0.58%) Redis
10 9 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.39%) GIS
11 6 (0.39%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.13%) OLAP
13 2 (0.13%) SAP Data Services
13 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 33 (2.12%) JIRA
2 21 (1.35%) Git
2 21 (1.35%) Jenkins
3 10 (0.64%) Trac
4 4 (0.26%) GitLab
5 3 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
5 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.13%) Grunt
6 2 (0.13%) Hudson
6 2 (0.13%) webpack
7 1 (0.064%) Log4Net
7 1 (0.064%) Selenium
7 1 (0.064%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.064%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 433 (27.85%) Social Skills
2 139 (8.94%) Analytical Skills
3 108 (6.95%) Finance
4 56 (3.60%) Telecoms
5 45 (2.89%) Public Sector
6 39 (2.51%) Aerospace
7 37 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
8 36 (2.32%) Marketing
9 33 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 29 (1.86%) Law
10 29 (1.86%) Manufacturing
11 22 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
12 20 (1.29%) Retail
13 17 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (0.71%) Legal
15 10 (0.64%) Electronics
16 9 (0.58%) Automotive
17 8 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (0.51%) Local Government
18 7 (0.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 327 (21.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 221 (14.21%) Senior
3 219 (14.08%) IT Support
4 195 (12.54%) IT Engineer
4 195 (12.54%) Support Engineer
5 191 (12.28%) Analyst
6 111 (7.14%) Lead
7 94 (6.05%) IT Support Engineer
7 94 (6.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 89 (5.72%) Network Engineer
9 88 (5.66%) IT Technician
10 86 (5.53%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 80 (5.14%) 2nd Line Support
12 79 (5.08%) Architect
13 75 (4.82%) Support Technician
14 74 (4.76%) 3rd Line Support
15 67 (4.31%) Support Analyst
16 62 (3.99%) IT Analyst
17 61 (3.92%) Administrator
17 61 (3.92%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (3.15%) .NET
2 48 (3.09%) REST
3 46 (2.96%) HTML
4 44 (2.83%) CSS
5 43 (2.77%) RabbitMQ
6 40 (2.57%) Spring Boot
7 28 (1.80%) ASP.NET
7 28 (1.80%) jQuery
7 28 (1.80%) React
8 25 (1.61%) SAML
9 24 (1.54%) Vue
10 22 (1.41%) AngularJS
10 22 (1.41%) ASP.NET MVC
11 21 (1.35%) ARM Templates
12 20 (1.29%) OAuth
12 20 (1.29%) OpenID
13 19 (1.22%) Tailwind CSS
13 19 (1.22%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 19 (1.22%) WPF
14 17 (1.09%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 124 (7.97%) Data Centre
2 110 (7.07%) Driving Licence
2 110 (7.07%) Self-Motivation
3 88 (5.66%) Public Cloud
4 62 (3.99%) PKI
5 59 (3.79%) Enterprise Software
6 51 (3.28%) Replication
7 40 (2.57%) Management Information System
8 37 (2.38%) Onboarding
9 31 (1.99%) Cyberattack
10 30 (1.93%) Clustering
11 19 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (1.22%) IoT
12 15 (0.96%) Client/Server
13 13 (0.84%) CCTV
14 12 (0.77%) PMI
15 11 (0.71%) CMDB
15 11 (0.71%) NHS
15 11 (0.71%) Tandem
16 9 (0.58%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1,045 (67.20%) Windows
2 668 (42.96%) Windows Server
3 346 (22.25%) Linux
4 207 (13.31%) Windows 10
5 197 (12.67%) Windows Server 2016
6 166 (10.68%) Windows Server 2019
7 146 (9.39%) Windows Server 2012
8 91 (5.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 61 (3.92%) Android
10 57 (3.67%) Apple iOS
11 44 (2.83%) Windows Server 2008
12 34 (2.19%) Mac OS
13 32 (2.06%) Windows 7
14 28 (1.80%) Windows 8
15 26 (1.67%) VMS
16 21 (1.35%) Mac OS X
16 21 (1.35%) Ubuntu
17 20 (1.29%) Unix
18 19 (1.22%) Windows XP
19 16 (1.03%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 384 (24.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 320 (20.58%) Problem-Solving
3 309 (19.87%) ITIL
4 245 (15.76%) Customer Service
5 177 (11.38%) Agile
6 155 (9.97%) DevOps
7 148 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
8 146 (9.39%) Disaster Recovery
9 128 (8.23%) Migration
10 124 (7.97%) Project Management
11 104 (6.69%) Collaborative Working
12 96 (6.17%) Actionable Insight
13 88 (5.66%) Service Management
14 84 (5.40%) Mentoring
15 73 (4.69%) Information Security
16 72 (4.63%) Incident Management
17 71 (4.57%) Open Source
18 70 (4.50%) Server Management
19 69 (4.44%) Scrum
20 67 (4.31%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 315 (20.26%) PowerShell
2 141 (9.07%) SQL
3 105 (6.75%) Python
4 69 (4.44%) Java
5 68 (4.37%) Bash
6 67 (4.31%) C#
7 44 (2.83%) JavaScript
8 34 (2.19%) VBScript
9 23 (1.48%) VB
10 22 (1.41%) Bicep
10 22 (1.41%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.22%) XAML
12 16 (1.03%) Perl
13 15 (0.96%) PHP
14 10 (0.64%) C
14 10 (0.64%) C++
15 8 (0.51%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.32%) Go
16 5 (0.32%) Ruby
16 5 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 248 (15.95%) Security Cleared
2 192 (12.35%) Degree
3 159 (10.23%) SC Cleared
4 118 (7.59%) DV Cleared
5 101 (6.50%) Cisco Certification
6 91 (5.85%) Azure Certification
6 91 (5.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 88 (5.66%) CCNA
8 51 (3.28%) AWS Certification
9 47 (3.02%) CCNP
10 45 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
11 40 (2.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 37 (2.38%) DBS Check
13 36 (2.32%) MCSE
14 34 (2.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 30 (1.93%) A+ Certification
16 25 (1.61%) MCP
16 25 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
17 21 (1.35%) MCSA
18 17 (1.09%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (6.30%) SLA
2 40 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 25 (1.61%) GDPR
5 14 (0.90%) Data Quality
6 9 (0.58%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.39%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.26%) NIST
8 4 (0.26%) QA
9 3 (0.19%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.064%) GxP
10 1 (0.064%) NCSC
10 1 (0.064%) PMO
System Software
1 1,006 (64.69%) Active Directory
2 365 (23.47%) Hyper-V
3 337 (21.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 74 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
5 72 (4.63%) VMware ESXi
6 71 (4.57%) Docker
7 58 (3.73%) vSphere
8 41 (2.64%) Virtual Servers
9 37 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
10 18 (1.16%) pfSense
10 18 (1.16%) Terminal Services
11 16 (1.03%) Firmware
11 16 (1.03%) NFS
12 13 (0.84%) XenApp
13 9 (0.58%) XenDesktop
14 8 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
14 8 (0.51%) VMware Server
15 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 6 (0.39%) VMware NSX
16 4 (0.26%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 272 (17.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 135 (8.68%) SCCM
3 93 (5.98%) WSUS
4 83 (5.34%) Kubernetes
5 81 (5.21%) SCOM
6 68 (4.37%) Ansible
7 62 (3.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 45 (2.89%) Terraform
9 39 (2.51%) Puppet
10 35 (2.25%) vCenter Server
11 25 (1.61%) CASB
11 25 (1.61%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 23 (1.48%) ZABBIX
13 22 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
14 20 (1.29%) FortiGate
15 19 (1.22%) Grafana
16 16 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
16 16 (1.03%) SCDPM
17 13 (0.84%) NetBackup
18 12 (0.77%) CA Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 870 (55.95%) Microsoft
2 514 (33.05%) VMware
3 234 (15.05%) Cisco
4 151 (9.71%) Veeam
5 108 (6.95%) Citrix
6 88 (5.66%) Dell
7 76 (4.89%) HP
8 72 (4.63%) Oracle
9 66 (4.24%) Apple
10 64 (4.12%) Juniper
11 61 (3.92%) Meraki
12 55 (3.54%) Red Hat
13 51 (3.28%) Fortinet
14 44 (2.83%) Palo Alto
14 44 (2.83%) SolarWinds
15 41 (2.64%) Sophos
16 40 (2.57%) Sparx
17 32 (2.06%) Acronis
18 30 (1.93%) NetApp
18 30 (1.93%) WatchGuard